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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Thomas Walton, merchant of Ireland. Walton Thomas Bishop of Lincoln, chancellor....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/301/15031
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This record is about the Thomas Walton, merchant of Ireland. Walton Thomas Bishop of Lincoln, chancellor.... dating from [1404] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/301/15031
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1404]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas Walton, merchant of Ireland.
- Name(s)
- Walton, Thomas
- Addressees
- Bishop of Lincoln, chancellor.
- Occupation
- merchant of Ireland
- Nature of request
- Walton requests that he be granted a licence for a year to carry wheat, flour and other victuals and merchandises to Scotland during the recently agreed truce.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Ireland
- Scotland.
- People mentioned
- [Henry Beaufort], Bishop of Lincoln, Chancellor.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1404 as the petitioner clearly had a licence to carry the grain by 8 November 1404 (Rot Scot., vol. II, p.172a).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Chancery Files 498.
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland, vol. IV, 1357-1509, Ed. J. Bain, (Her Majesty's General Register House, 1888), no.668 (calendar of petition)
- Rotuli Scotiae, vol. II, Ed. D. Macpherson, (Eyre & Strahan, 1819), p.172a (mandate to the admirals etc. that licence has been granted to the petioner and that he is not to be disturbed)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518235/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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